Thurii - Wikipedia
Thurii (/ ˈ θ ʊər i aɪ /; Latin: Thūriī; Ancient Greek: Θούρῐοι, romanized: Thoúrioi), called also by some Latin writers Thūrium (compare Ancient Greek: Θούρῐον, romanized: Thoúrion, in Ptolemy), and later in Roman times also Cōpia and Cōpiae, was an ancient Greek city situated on the Gulf of Taranto, near or on the ...
Thurii | Greek Colony, Magna Graecia, Temple of Apollo | Britannica
Thurii, ancient Greek city of southern Italy, near the mouth of the Crathis River, in the province of Cosenza. After Sybaris was destroyed by Croton (448 bce), its citizens founded a new Sybaris with Athenian aid; the Athenians subsequently expelled the Sybarites, repopulated the city with.
Battle of Thurii - Wikipedia
The naval Battle of Thurii [1] was fought between Ancient Rome and the Greek colony of Tarentum [2] Following the battle, Tarentum appealed to Pyrrhus, ruler of Epirus, for military aid.
Thurii - Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece Wiki
Thurii was a city-state situated on the Gulf of Taranto within Magna Graecia. It was just a short distance from the site of former city-state of Sybaris, whose place it may be considered as having taken. The history of Thurii is inter-connected with the history of Sybaris.
Thurii | Oxford Classical Dictionary - Oxford Research Encyclopedias
Thurii (mod. Sibari), a Greek colony in S. Italy, founded in 444/3 bce on the site of *Sybaris. It was a panhellenic foundation (see panhellenism), but the main impetus was Athenian. *Herodotus(1) and *Lysias were reputedly colonists, and it was planned by *Hippodamus of Miletus.
Thurii | Encyclopedia.com
Thurii (thyōō´rēī), ancient city of Magna Graecia, S Italy, in Bruttium, on the Gulf of Tarentum (now Taranto). It was founded by Pericles in 443 BC to replace ruined Sybaris. New Greek colonists came, among them the city planner Hippodamus and possibly Herodotus and Lysias.
Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854) - Perseus …
Eth. THU ´ RII ( Θούριοι: Eth. Θουρῖνος, Eth. Thurinus ), called also by some Latin writers and by Ptolemy THURIUM ( Θούριον, Ptol.), a city of Magna Graecia, situated on the Tarentine gulf, within a short distance of the site of Sybaris, of which …
Encyclopædia Britannica, Ninth Edition/Thurii - Wikisource, the …
THURII, or Thurium, a city of Magna Græcia on the Gulf of Tarentum, near the site of the older Sybaris (q.v.), but farther inland. It owed its origin to an attempt made in 452 B.C. by Sybarite exiles and their descendants to repeople their old home.
Thurii - Hellenica World
Thurii, or Thueium, was a city of Magna Graecia on the Gulf of Taranto, near the site of the older Sybaris. It owed its origin to an attempt made in 452 BC by Sybarite exiles and their descendants to repeople their old home.
A Habitation Area of Thurii - Expedition Magazine
The expedition in search of Sybaris and the later colony Thurii, directed by Prof. Froelich Rainey of the University Museum, have been conducted in collaboration with Dr. G. Foti, Superintendent of the Antiquities Department of Calabria and Engineer and Mrs. Enrico Mueller of Cassano Ionio.